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100

A feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgment.

What is 'self-confidence'?

100

An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

What are 'stage directions'

100

These three things should be established in the first few lines of any improv scene.

What is setting, characters and action (or situation)?

100

Consideration for or acceptance in ourselves and others.

What is respect?

100

A long speech by a single character often reflecting inner thoughts or feelings.

What is a monologue?

200

The theory and purposeful, focused study and practice of a form of art, for example theater, music, dance, visual art and singing.  

What is artistic discipline?

200

Beginning, middle and end.

What are the three parts of a story?

200

How individuals work together to reach goals.  Strategies, systems and the use of time.

What is 'group process'?

200

Actions that are different from the norm and often make us vulnerable emotionally or physically.

What is risk?

200

To study carefully or examine critically.

What is analysis?

300

A form of evaluation which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge          and skills.

What is a authentic evaluation?  

Why it's important: Authentic assessment helps students see themselves as active participants, who are working on a task of relevance, rather than passive recipients of obscure facts. It helps teachers by encouraging them to reflect on the relevance of what they teach and provides results that are useful for improving instruction.

300

A detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary work, a performance, etc..

What is a critique?

300

A [L] in the stage directions.

What is left stage?

300

The idea one has of one's abilities, appearance, and personality.

What is self-image?

300

Usually a loose-leaf notebook containing the script marked with all stage movements, entrances and exits, technical cues and special instructions for the production.  The stage manager is usually in charge of it.

What is a promptbook?

400

The process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra for a particular role or part in a script.

What is casting?

400

A group of people working together as a whole rather than individually.

What is an ensemble?

400

Social associations, connections, or affiliations between two or more people. They vary in differing levels of intimacy and sharing, implying the discovery or establishment of common ground, and may be centered around something(s) shared in common.

What are 'interpersonal relationships'?

400

The internal chatter that can be cheerful and supportive or negative and self-defeating.

What is self talk?

400

Rehearsals for the purpose of reading and analyzing the scripts as well as discuss and understand characterization.

What is a reading rehearsal?

500

A process of working together to the same end.

What is cooperation?

500

Asystematic determination of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards (often a rubric).

What is 'evaluation'?

500

Usually a rubric to evaluate the elements that contribute to what was and was not successful and identify the elements that contribute to the overall performance.

What is a performance evaluation?

500

A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving; an idiosyncrasy.

What are mannerisms?

500

A chart that lists every CHARACTER in every SCENE and what they WEAR including shoes, wigs, special make-up, changes, etc.

What is a costume plot?

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